Doctor training may boost shared decisions in cancer screening
NCT ID NCT06074536
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving general practitioners face-to-face training in patient-centered care helps them make better shared decisions with patients about colorectal cancer screening. About 400 patients aged 50 to 74 who are eligible for screening will take part. The main goal is to see if the training improves how much patients feel involved in the decision, measured by a questionnaire.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- patient-centered approach training (face-to-face training for general practitioners)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that training doctors improves how patients and doctors make screening decisions together, potentially increasing screening rates.
- What could go wrong
- This is a relatively small trial (400 participants) testing a training method, not a new treatment. Results may not apply to other settings or screening programs.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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50 to 74 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient aged 50 to 74: * Eligible for organized CRC screening, * Having declared as attending clinician a general practitioner investigator of the study ✓ Consulting their attending clinician for the duration of the study, * AND able and willing to comply with all trial requirements Non inclusion Criteria: \- ✓ Screened for CRC less than 2 years ago * Not eligible for organized CRC screening: * History of adenomas or CRC: \- Family (1st degree) * Personal history of IBD: * Crohn's disease * Ulcerative colitis) * Hereditary predispositions: * Familial adenomatous polyposis * Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (Lynch syndrome) * Patient with symptoms requiring colonoscopy * Having a level of literacy that does not allow the completion of the self-questionnaire. * Having an inability to give express consent. * Being under guardianship, curatorship or having cognitive disorders
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cabinet de groupe pluriprofessionnel
RECRUITINGSoisy-sous-Montmorency, 95230, France
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